单词 | vaticinator |
释义 | vaticinator (once / 738707 pages) n WORD FAMILY vaticinator: vaticinators+/vaticinate: vaticinated, vaticinates, vaticinating, vaticination, vaticinator/vaticination: vaticinations USAGE EXAMPLESAnd for what was never ascertained in its own age we dare not confide to that mystical vaticinator of past events, a conjectural historian! Disraeli, Isaac, Amenities of Literature—Consisting...(2011) Who is this vaticinator of the uselessness of public libraries? Disraeli, Isaac, Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3(2010) I was also engaged as sporting prophet to the Tipster, and was not less successful than my contemporaries as a vaticinator of future events. Lang, Andrew, In the Wrong Paradise(2010) n an authoritative person who divines the future Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer Cassandra (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed augur, auspex (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy prophetessa woman prophet sibyl(ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet diviner someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers |
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